Aman Singh Chamkila actor fame Jashn Kohli has recently talked about the portrayal of sardars in Bollywood films.
Speaking to India today he has revealed that he was hurt by the way sardars were portrayed in Bollywood movies. And how we were portrayed either as soldiers or an actor’s friend. He intends to change that stereotype. ““I was hurt and wanted to change the way we are perceived and portrayed in Bollywood. We were either cast as a soldier or the hero’s friend. I would speak to writers, who agreed with the shortcoming but had no means to change it.”
He further continued that the lead actor of Chamkila film Diljit Dosanjh to spoke about the certain stereotypes associated with sardars. “Recently, Diljit paaji (brother) spoke about how people thought Sardars were only portrayed a certain way, and he changed it. When he spoke those words, it echoed the voice of so many from the community. Even I am on the path to help people see Sardars in a different light from what’s been shown all these years.”
The actor also expressed his excitement when he worked with Imtiaz Ali film. He said that once you become the part of Imtiaz Ali’s film, nothing else carries importance. He remembered, how the director understood the challenges of the actors and acknowledging the potential despite actor having a limited screen space in the film.